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repository

1. re.pos.i.to.ry \ri-'pa:z-*-.to-r-e-, -.to.r-\ n 1: a place, room, or 
   container where something is deposited or stored : (MDEPOSITORY 2: a side 
   altar in a Roman Catholic church where the consecrated Host is re served 
   from Holy Thursday until Good Friday 3: one that contains or stores 
   something nonmaterial  4: a place or region richly supplied with a natural 
   resource  5: a person to whom something is confided or entrusted 
2. repository aj of a drug  : designed to act over a prolonged period